Denise and Dave Tims are directors of UNOH NZ (Urban Neighbours of Hope NZ). This article on postcolonial theology, written by Denise, is included in their latest newsletter Word on the Street. Denise offers a reflection based on her faith experience and on the Laidlaw Indigenous Postcolonial Theology course she attended in 2017.

Can I do this? Am I academic enough to achieve a degree? Will my family suffer? These questions swirled around Karoline Marshall’s mind as she considered taking on study for a degree in counselling.

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About to embark on his first teaching job, Andrew Rush marvels at the way God has shaped and moulded him to this point. Growing up, “I was a small town boy who didn’t aspire to much. I wasn’t great socially, was never much of a leader and was quite passive.”